Chapter 363
She even suspected that her 'true self' had been manipulated by her past self.
According to one scholar's theory, consciousness is divided into three parts: the id, the ego, and the superego, which constitute a person's complete personality.
The "id," or the completely unconscious, represents desires and is suppressed by consciousness; the "ego," which is mostly conscious, is responsible for dealing with things in the real world; and the "superego," which is partially conscious, is conscience or inner moral judgment.
The ego, id, and superego constitute a complete personality, which is why Freya suspects that her ego was tampered with in her past life.
Simply put, the id represents human instincts, the superego represents our idealized goals, and the ego acts as a mediator when the two conflict.
To avoid being truly affected by her past life, Freya has always suppressed her hatred for Kevin.
Perhaps the influence of her past life was one reason, but Kevin's luring Kiana down the path of revenge was also one of the main reasons Freya hated him.
Freya had planned to go back like this if Kevin hadn't attacked her.
After all, she had already accomplished her purpose for going out at this time. Now that she was certain that Kevin from this parallel world could not hinder her, Freya naturally decided to focus her attention on the bastard bishop of this world.
The World Serpent had no reason to act, and Freya had already received the answer: the Gray Serpent wanted to obtain information about the parallel world through means other than force. However, the Gray Serpent's idea clearly did not reach a consensus with Kevin, who disliked the Herrscher.
Kevin, who drew the Greatsword of Heavenly Fire to attack her, clearly intended to cut her down to just her Herrscher Core.
Of course, Freya doesn't have any Herrscher Core inside her.
"Mistake?"
Kevin was repeating Freya's earlier words when, in the next instant, white frozen earth appeared before his eyes. Even though he managed to pull away immediately, a thin layer of ice covered his body.
Kevin gently shook his body, shattering the thin layer of ice on his skin, and gazed intently at the scene before him.
He was not afraid of the cold at all, but that did not mean that the other party's attack was meaningless.
"You actually froze the Greatsword of Heavenly Fire!"
Although Kevin himself could do it, he was surprised that someone else could do it too.
But what truly shocked him was that the opponent not only froze the Greatsword of Heavenly Fire, but also the World Serpent base.
The white permafrost I just saw wasn't an illusion; the other side had indeed created a land covered only in ice and snow.
"The Herrscher of Ice? No... It's something above the Herrscher of Ice. The Herrscher of Ice from the Previous Era couldn't freeze such a large area in an instant."
Kevin's expression grew increasingly solemn. The area, including the World Serpent Organization's base, was now completely as cold and snowy as the Siberian Plains.
When he created distance earlier, he didn't even take the Greatsword of Heavenly Fire with him, and now the frozen Greatsword of Heavenly Fire is still firmly held in Freya's hand.
"Please don't confuse me with the Herrscher of Ice. Without Herrscher, even a six-core hero is probably no match for a Titled Valkyrie."
Although there aren't many Valkyrie in the Alliance who have been granted titles, a well-coordinated squad of knights in the Alliance is more than enough to deal with a Herrscher has only recently been created.
However, in the original world, although the intensity of the Honkai continued to increase, the Third Herrscher had not yet been born, so naturally the Fifth Herrscher was not yet in the running.
Moreover, the Honkai Consciousness itself will target humanity's responses, selecting suitable candidates to create more targeted Herrscher.
Perhaps the Fifth Herrscher of the original world was not necessarily ice; it could be metal, life, or even have its sequence completely disrupted.
Freya casually tossed the Greatsword of Heavenly Fire aside as if it were trash.
She herself did not want to be too deeply influenced by her past life, but since Kevin had taken the initiative to attack her.
"So, I guess this can be considered self-defense?"
After he finished speaking, countless thorns formed of ice sprouted from the white frozen ground and began to entangle Kevin.
Freya was just making excuses when she said those things. She really wanted to beat Kevin up, but in her original world, if she and Kevin fought, at least a large island would sink.
In the original world, the cost of Freya's war with Kevin was too high.
So Freya was actually quite happy that Kevin was so weak in this parallel world. With such a weak Kevin to vent her anger on, why would she refuse?
413. Come here! Greatsword of Heavenly Fire!!
Freya, who was muttering that she was just acting in self-defense, actually showed no mercy and hurled the frozen Greatsword of Heavenly Fire in her left hand at Kevin.
Not only in this world, but also in the original world, Kevin and the Greatsword of Heavenly Fire are recorded in mythology in different ways.
The recorders from before Christ could never have imagined that, two thousand years later, the Greatsword of Heavenly Fire, which was known in mythology as the "Flaming Sword that Guards Eden" and the "Greatsword of Heavenly Fire that Burns Sodom," would be used by Freya as a lump of ice to smash people.
Kevin frowned. He raised his hands to catch the frozen Greatsword of Heavenly Fire. Although the opponent was hurling the Greatsword of Heavenly Fire at him with murderous intent, such an attack did not bother Kevin at all. It was more like returning the weapon.
Kevin even began to question Freya's behavior.
In the next second, Freya had already vanished from the spot.
Noticing the strong wind coming from the left, Kevin immediately turned to the side and crossed his arms to block Freya's punch that was swinging at him.
Kevin's swinging fist was blocked, but an ominous premonition immediately welled up in his heart.
The fists that landed on his hands were as light as feathers, as if they had no power at all, which was obviously not in line with the characteristics of the Kaslana Family.
With his white hair and blue eyes, Kevin knew that this otherworldly Herrscher had inherited Kaslana's bloodline after seeing her appearance.
He didn't care whether the other party was a direct or collateral member of the Kaslana Family, or just a clone created by someone else; Kevin could already loathe the Herrscher aura emanating from the other party.
A dead Herrscher is a good Herrscher.
Kaslana will stop at nothing to defeat the Honkai.
But this doesn't mean Kaslana can become Herrscher.
After confirming that the Herrscher from another world was a Kaslana, Kevin remained wary of her monstrous strength. In their previous confrontation, Kevin had failed to snatch the Greatsword of Heavenly Fire back from her, which made Kevin even more cautious.
The punch that Freya swung at him didn't have the monstrous strength he had imagined, so much so that he was momentarily stunned, and by the time he reacted, it was too late.
The ominous premonition instantly became a reality.
Freya smiled and threw a punch, but before it landed on Kevin's crossed hands, she had already withdrawn all her strength. It was a feint; although she didn't unleash her full power, she still managed to deliver a force of three or four. Kevin hadn't expected Freya to do this.
On one side, an ice block was rapidly approaching, while on the other side, Freya, without even using any strength, was quickly closing the distance...
Kevin has fought many enemies, including some of the largest ones, but he has very little experience fighting smaller enemies.
Freya released her fists, then quickly grabbed Kevin's hands. She leaned down and buried herself in Kevin's arms, pressing herself against him as if she wanted to merge with Kevin.
Kevin instantly understood Freya's intention. He took two steps back, immediately increasing the distance between himself and Freya.
Although it incorporates a strong personal style, this close-range power attack is very familiar to Kevin.
Therefore, he knew very well that if he didn't create distance, the next move would definitely be the Iron Mountain Strike at extremely close range, followed by the simple and fierce Baji Quan.
The characteristics of Baji Quan are simplicity and fierceness, short and dangerous movements, sudden rises and falls, hard attacks and fierce fighting, and an exceptionally fierce style.
Kevin naturally didn't want Freya to control the rhythm of the battle, because if Freya did, the situation would be very unfavorable for him.
"Don't go..."
Seeing Kevin try to create some distance, Freya forcefully pulled on Kevin's hands, which she was holding, and teased him in a cheerful tone.
However, Kevin was not affected by her words. Instead, he took advantage of Freya's pull and jumped up, flipping over Freya directly. Then he took the initiative and pushed Freya forward.
The ice block that Freya had thrown earlier was now hurtling towards Freya, who had already been pushed forward by Kevin.
"Oh..."
Freya raised her foot without hesitation and stomped heavily on the ice block that was crashing down on her, sending it flying.
Then, his raised right foot, like a giant swing in an amusement park, quickly kicked between Kevin's legs (HX) behind him.
Sensing Freya's intention to attack, Kevin was immediately speechless, but he had to be on guard. Even if he never had the chance to use it again, it didn't mean that the thing was useless.
Although the defense was somewhat rushed, Kevin still managed to raise his leg to block the attack. Kevin also took the opportunity to pull his hands back from Freya's grasp and then quickly widened the distance between Freya.
The ice block, which had been kicked hundreds of meters away, slammed to the ground, and Freya and Kevin completed their initial probing.
Of course, Kevin felt that Freya's attack was deliberately meant to disgust him.
She was unfamiliar with close-quarters combat, which is why he easily countered her. However, her physical abilities far exceeded her expectations, yet she deliberately avoided using her own strength.
Kevin glanced at his hands and could feel the scratches Freya had left on them, even though he hadn't rolled up his sleeves.
When Kevin lost the contest of strength to snatch the Greatsword of Heavenly Fire, Kevin already knew that Freya's strength far surpassed his own.
But in the battle just now, the opponent didn't take advantage of this at all; he clearly wanted to compete with me in terms of combat skills and experience.
Of course, I do have the advantage in terms of combat skills and experience.
"Ha... As expected, even Kevin from a parallel world shouldn't be underestimated. No matter how weak he is, his combat skills and experience honed over tens of thousands of years are far beyond what a fourteen-year-old girl like me can catch up with in a short time. Besides, I'm definitely not suited for a technical fighting style. I feel like I've wasted Immortal Fu Hua's teachings... No, if I consider it as training and maintaining my physique, then it's not a complete waste of effort."
Freya slowly turned around. She watched as Kevin distanced himself, not only failing to pursue him but also refusing to adopt an attack stance. Instead, he leisurely put his hands on his hips and shook his head as he offered his evaluation.
"???"
Kevin couldn't keep up with Freya's erratic thinking and fell silent again.
Although Freya's words were indeed confusing to anyone, since they were all nonsensical.
In fact, just as Kevin thought, Freya was indeed deliberately trying to disgust him.
Even though she learned some martial arts from Immortal Fu Hua, she didn't study for as long as Aurora. Even if she learned Baji Quan, she lacked combat experience using Baji Quan.
After all, there's nothing that can't be solved with a single Herrscher's Spear. If there is... then the Baji Quan she learned from Immortal Fu Hua wouldn't be of any use.
"Yes, now, just as you expected, I'll use all my strength... Please grit your teeth, Kevin Kaslana, it will hurt for a moment—"
Freya smiled gently.
Then the Fourth Generation Armor, which was being used as an evening gown, also entered activation mode.
Freya transformed into a pale blue shooting star, vanishing from her spot in an instant, and hurtling towards Kevin with a long trail of flame.
In that fraction of a second, Kevin entered beast mode, and with the resolve to sacrifice his left hand, he used it to shield himself...
In an instant, his left hand was neatly separated from his elbow, and Kevin was sent flying backward as if he had been hit from the side by a large truck.
The severed left hand landed on the ground almost completely unharmed. Even if it were retrieved, no doctor, no matter how skilled, could reattach it.
Kevin's body rolled like a kite with a broken string on the white frozen ground, until it finally stopped hundreds of meters away.
Although Kevin had anticipated that his opponent would be physically strong, he hadn't expected him to be this strong.
Neither the fastest Herrscher of Thunder nor the most agile Herrscher of Wind could compare to the opponent's movement just now.
"... Aren't they all monsters from head to toe?"
Kevin emerged calmly from the white frozen ground. The World Serpent was now frozen solid, and given its security measures, it was unlikely to be easily affected. Kevin naturally didn't need to worry about the safety of the World Serpent members. Even so, the situation was indeed very unfavorable for him.
"It seems I completely underestimated the strength of this monster."
"Oh, it's an honor," Freya replied.
She had stopped walking and was standing where Kevin had just been standing.
"Unfortunately, it didn't hit the target completely..."
Behind her, three pairs of wings, composed of wings of thunder, wind, and fire, quietly unfurled, silently releasing their oppressive aura.
Of course, lightning, wind, and fire are not Freya's strengths.
However, the acceleration formed by the three powers is very practical, especially the Herrscher of Wind's ability, which allows Freya to ignore wind resistance, and then the three powers form a propulsion-like effect.
"I'm still a bit clumsy using these three abilities together... But I was lucky this time and didn't overshoot. If I had blinked, I would have been over a kilometer away."
After he finished speaking, the three forces combined and erupted once again.
Kevin, who had just gotten up from the ground, could only scramble to the side in a disheveled manner, and then an impact like that of an intercontinental ballistic missile occurred behind him.
Kevin felt like a small boat adrift in a raging storm, feeling weak and helpless in the face of the overwhelming winds and waves.
"Come here! Greatsword of Heavenly Fire!!" Kevin shouted immediately.
In beast mode, Kevin felt almost no pain. Although he had tried his best to dodge the attacks, his left hand was still knocked away in an instant, and Kevin himself was also injured quite a bit.
Fortunately, the attack did not render Kevin unable to fight. Moreover, Kevin had adjusted his direction when he was knocked away, and now, using the impact to move again, there was not much distance left between him and the frozen Greatsword of Heavenly Fire.
Kevin didn't call upon the Greatsword of Heavenly Fire at the beginning because he was worried that Freya would interfere when the Greatsword of Heavenly Fire responded to him.
Therefore, he did not reveal the Greatsword of Heavenly Fire's special properties to Freya.
To Kevin's surprise, Freya seemed unsurprised. She climbed out of the crater she had just made and calmly patted her skirt.
The Greatsword of Heavenly Fire did indeed respond to Kevin's call.
It shattered the ice that had frozen it, and the blade was wreathed in raging flames.
Kevin raised his hand to catch the Greatsword of Heavenly Fire flying towards him, and without hesitation activated the other form of the Seventh Divine Key, Heavenly Fire Sacred Judgment — the Greatsword of Annihilation.
"Wow, the Annihilation Form? That's a rare sight indeed..."